A package of bills, including one calling on state lawmakers to repeal a law that keeps the disciplinary records of police officers from public scrutiny, discussed at a joint hearing of City Council committees Jan. 7 drew an angry reaction from the Police Benevolent Association minutes after their passage.
The union, which opposes to a repeal or weakening of the records law—Civil Rights Law 50-a—called the committees’ action reckless. In a 10-page statement, PBA President Patrick J. Lynch said the package of measures was “designed to once again demonize police officers, seemingly for political gain.”
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